Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua Faces Thiago Silva, Likely at UFC 149

There will apparently be some Brazilian-on-Brazilian crime going down in Canada. On Sunday afternoon, UFC president Dana White announced Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (Pictured) will return to action against Thiago Silva.

White didn’t confirm when the light heavyweight shootout would take place, but MMAJunkie reports UFC 149 inside Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary could host the scrap.

Shogun has alternated between wins and losses over his past six bouts. He was last seen dropping a controversial decision defeat to Dan Henderson at UFC 139 in November.

The former light heavyweight champion hasn’t collected consecutive victories since April 2009.

Silva ended his year-long drug suspension earlier this month by losing a unanimous decision to Alexander Gustafsson. Prior to that, he posted a lopsided decision victory over Vera at UFC 125 on New Year’s Day in 2011. However, Silva subsequently flunked his drug test and had his win overturned to a no contest.